Before Lin Ye came to Geling, he never thought that he would encounter such a huge change this time.
He thought that no matter what happened in Geling, it would be under the control of the emperor.
Ever since the emperor truly held power, he had no opponents, and all confrontations were not on the same level.
So Lin Ye even felt that if those people could really take this opportunity to make the emperor's illness worse, then the victory would be somewhat tragic.
The world is a chessboard. In such a big chessboard, they and the emperor fought in different places, but they could only win here...
And in order to win this hand, they have indeed lost enough.
Their only chance is that the emperor dies early and allows Xin Yanque to ascend the throne early, so that they will not have any power to fight back.
As far as the Wang family is concerned, Beimu and Nanqiao are just children's games in front of the imperial power.
They couldn't use their hundreds of years of experience to fight against the emperor, but they could use these hundreds of years of experience to fight against Xin Yanque.
Before today's emperor, which generation of emperors was not influenced by them? Which generation of emperors did not embroider pillows?
Under their background and cover, the imperial power still looks so beautiful, but that's all it looks like.
Lin Ye didn't know what to say to the emperor who wanted to take care of him at this time, or whether he should remain silent like this.
The emperor didn't seem that sad. He might have really been open-minded about life and death.
Or maybe it just made Lin Ye think that he was open-minded, and he didn't want Lin Ye to think that he was also a tragic person.
"I have said so much, but you have never spoken. I did say just now that you just need to listen, but you have to say something at least, even if it is just to wish me well on my upcoming journey to the world.
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When Lin Ye heard this, his heart hurt unexpectedly.
He thought he wouldn't have much reaction to this kind of thing. After all, he was used to seeing off people. After all, he couldn't express how reluctant he was to say goodbye to the emperor.
Because Lin Ye knew very well that a person with the emperor's personality would express his trust in front of him like a Tuogu, and would also explain in front of others how to get rid of Lin Ye, a serious nuisance of the imperial court, in the future.
The two of them are so similar, so they have something in common, and can easily think of how the other will arrange things, and can easily guess what the other is really thinking.
"My lord, I just...don't know what to say."
Lin Ye's answer was very sincere, just like his current state.
The emperor hummed and believed that this was Lin Ye's state at this time.
"My words will indeed touch you a lot, make you scared, and make you worried."
The emperor stood up: "Help me up."
Lin Ye quickly reached out and helped the emperor sit up from the couch.
The emperor pointed: "Go and get the clothes, I want to go out for a walk."
Lin Ye put on the emperor's clothes. It was September now and the weather was still hot, but the emperor needed to put on autumn clothes.
"Let's go, I'll chat with you while we walk."
The emperor stepped out, and Gu Xiujin quickly followed, slightly faster than Lin Ye.
There may be only two people in this world who really care about the emperor, one is Concubine Wan Gui and the other is Gu Xiujin.
As for Mr. Xin...
Lin Ye couldn't help but think that if Mr. Xin really cared about the emperor, he would not promote Chen Weiwei on his own initiative at the ceremony.
No matter how you look at it, Mr. Xin is a person who values resistance more than other aspects.
Sons of landlords...probably all are similar.
After leaving the door, the emperor seemed to take a serious look at the scenery outside the imperial study for the first time.
He has been in this Zhenyuan Palace for twenty years, but he has never had time to look at it with an appreciative eye.
"This palace is really beautiful."
The emperor muttered to himself, and then stepped forward.
The emperor stopped at a certain place and pointed over there: "Going from here is where my mother originally lived."
Lin Ye agreed.
The emperor said: "I was not too young when I followed the late emperor to Geling. I was older than you are now."
"But I'm like a frightened little white rabbit. I only dare to find a corner to hide myself. I don't care about hiding myself... My favorite place is my mother's side."
The emperor asked Lin Ye: "When you were alone in the world, were you ever afraid? Have you ever thought about hiding yourself?"
Lin Ye shook his head: "I don't."
The emperor asked again: "Never?"
Lin Ye said: "I often want to hide when I am at home, especially when I hear my mother-in-law moaning in pain. After my mother-in-law left, I left Wuwei County and I no longer had the thought of hiding."
The emperor asked: "Why?"
Lin Ye replied: "Probably because I feel that going out for a walk is not for anything else. I just want to walk around and see as much as possible. As for dying when I go somewhere, it is actually not that scary."
The emperor nodded, but he didn't seem to understand what Lin Ye meant.
"I remember that when Yan Que escaped from Geling, I asked the master master why he chose to escape."
The emperor stepped forward again, remembering as he walked.
"The headmaster said that 99% of the people in this world are the same. When they encounter something they are afraid of, the first thing they think of is to avoid it."
The Emperor said: "I thought at that time, that would be really bad...because Yan Que shouldn't be one of those 90% Nine Miles people."
Lin Ye said: "That's human nature. I will hide when I encounter something that scares me."
The emperor looked back at him: "Then have you encountered anything that scares you?"
Lin Ye hesitated for a moment and replied: "I met him."
The emperor asked: "What is it?"
Lin Ye replied: "It's what His Majesty said to his ministers in the study just now."
The emperor stopped again, and when he looked back at Lin Ye this time, he looked at it for a while longer than before.
After a long time, the emperor continued to move forward.
He said: "You were scared, but you didn't think about how to avoid it this time?"
Lin Ye said: "When I heard what Your Majesty said, the first thing that came to my mind was actually to go back to Yunzhou as soon as possible."
He said: "Just like His Majesty said, find a corner to hide, and hide it without looking at your head."
The emperor smiled.
He was smiling, but there was something very complicated in his eyes.
Perhaps it was because he knew that Lin Ye's answer to him now was just pretty enough, not the truth.
Lin Ye was not afraid.
"Are you curious about Zhenyuan Palace?"
The emperor suddenly asked again.
Lin Ye answered quickly, he said: "Curious, like everyone else in the world, who doesn't want to see what Zhenyuan Palace looks like?"
This answer was equally beautiful, so beautiful that no one who heard it could tell it was a lie.
The emperor said as he walked: "But when I first came to Geling, I didn't dare to have any curiosity about Zhenyuan Palace."
Lin Ye answered quickly.
He said: "Because at that time, His Majesty was surrounded by dangers and too many people were thinking of harming His Majesty, so His Majesty did not have many people he could rely on. Unlike now, I am under His Majesty's protection and have nothing to fear."
The emperor smiled again.
He said to himself... Look, what a beautiful answer this is, what a beautiful reaction this is.
Look, what a perfect person this is, Yan Que, Yan Que, if you can have such a reaction, I really don’t have anything to worry about.
"Then if I can let you take a closer look at Zhenyuan Palace and see everywhere, will you be happy?"
The emperor's questions come one after another.
Lin Ye's answer was still quick and direct.
"I will be very happy, I will be as happy as a child, but I won't really go and look around, because I am a minister, and I can never be so arrogant. Your Majesty can give me generous treatment, but I should stick to it.
Duty."
The emperor hummed.
When he asked Xin Yanque this question, Xin Yanque's answer was not so talkative.
The Emperor asked Xin Yanque, if I allowed you to go to Zhenyuan Palace and have a look, would you be happy?
Xin Yanque's answer was to grin and say... let's go.
"I suddenly felt a little tired."
The emperor stopped again. He looked not only a little tired, but also a little cold. He tightened the cloak on his shoulders. At that moment, he really looked like an old man.
Lin Ye then leaned over and said: "Your Majesty, please go back and have a rest. I will retire now."
The Emperor looked at Lin Ye and said, "Go ahead and remember what I told you, especially the words I made you swear."
Lin Ye saluted again: "I will keep this in mind."
The emperor bowed his hands and said: "Then go, I have to go back and rest."
Lin Ye bowed and backed away, taking a few steps back before turning around and walking away.
The emperor was not in a hurry to go back. He just stood here and looked at what was in front of him, but in front of him there was only a row of weeping willows blowing in the wind.
Gu Xiujin wanted to persuade him to go back and rest, but the emperor's current state made him afraid to speak casually.
After a long time, the emperor ordered: "I will go for a walk alone, and you don't have to follow me."
Gu Xiujin said: "Your Majesty, you have gone a long way, it is better to go back and have a rest. After a while, I will accompany your Majesty for a walk to the imperial concubine's palace..."
The emperor frowned slightly: "I always have to say it twice before you listen to me?"
Gu Xiujin was startled and leaned over: "I... obey the order."
The emperor tightened his cloak again, and walked back alone to the place where his mother originally lived.
This place is now empty. Although it is still cleaned every day, it looks different from when someone lived in it. It is a bit more depressed.
The emperor stood in the yard and looked around. He didn't know why, but he looked a bit like a child at this time.
After a while, the emperor suddenly quickened his pace and walked quickly towards the house where his mother lived.
Walking to prepare the memorial suddenly turned into running.
He ran into the empty room and climbed onto the wooden couch without any hesitation.
There was a quilt on the couch, a clean quilt, but it smelled slightly musty.
Maybe it was because I hadn't seen the sun for so long. Maybe it wasn't the quilt at all, but the smell that appeared in the emperor's mind.
He dove into the folded quilt, with his head inside and his butt still sticking out.
This posture is a bit funny no matter how you look at it. No one would believe that the emperor would look so funny today. Even if someone saw it with their own eyes, they would probably suspect that the emperor is fake.
His head was sandwiched between two layers of quilts, and the rest of his head was outside the quilts.